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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

The year started with the revelation of Spectre and Meltdown – major security flaws affecting processors manufactured by Intel, ARM and AMD. in which the travel records of military and civilian personnel – which included their personal information and credit card data – were compromised. Here’s hoping we all fare better in 2019.

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It is time to re-evaluate Cyber-defence solutions

Security Affairs

It is a great question, particularly when you consider that $167 Billion was spent on Cybersecurity in 2019 and this is predicted to increase to $248 Billion by 2023 [Source: Forbes ]. The Cyber-attack resulted in a large volume of data to be encrypted including database servers and backup data.

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The Microsoft Exchange Attack Saga Continues

eSecurity Planet

approach in that the attackers copy and exfiltrate a company’s data just prior to encrypting it. Microsoft reports that the tool has been tested for Exchange Server 2013, 2016 and 2019. REvil uses the Ransomware 2.0 The other Vulnerability Culprits. According to their data, the U.S.

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Group-IB Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report

Security Affairs

In the report, the company examines key shifts in the cybercrime world internationally between H2 2019 and H1 2020 and gives forecasts for the coming year. Forecasts and recommendations set out in Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020-2021 seek to prevent financial damage and manufacturing downtimes.

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MY TAKE: How state-backed cyber ops have placed the world in a constant-state ‘Cyber Pearl Harbor’

The Last Watchdog

That May 10th air strike by the Israel Defense Force marked the first use of military force in direct retaliation for cyber spying. This comes as no surprise to anyone in the military or intelligence communities. nuclear arsenal in 2003 • Breaches of computers at the Department of Commerce in 2006 • Hacking of military systems at U.S.

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